TouchSweep

Super tiny vanilla JS module to detect swipe direction and trigger custom events accordingly.

This module works on touch-enabled devices only.

Install

npm i touchsweep

or

yarn add touchsweep

or

just download this repository and use the files located in dist folder

or include it from unpkg.com

<script src="https://unpkg.com/touchsweep"></script>

Usage

import TouchSweep from 'touchsweep';

const area = document.getElementById('swipe-area');
const data = {
    value: 1
};
const touchThreshold = 20;

new TouchSweep(area, data, touchThreshold);

// Then listen for custom swipe events and do your magic:

area.addEventListener('swipeleft', event => {
    // You have swiped left
    // Custom event data is located in event.detail
});

area.addEventListener('swiperight', event => {
    // You have swiped right
    // Custom event data is located in event.detail
});

area.addEventListener('swipedown', event => {
    // You have swiped down
    // Custom event data is located in event.detail
});

area.addEventListener('swipeup', event => {
    // You have swiped up
    // Custom event data is located in event.detail
});

area.addEventListener('tap', event => {
    // You have tapped
    // Custom event data is located in event.detail
});

Options and default settings

The module constructor accepts three (3) arguments:

• element: A HTML Element. Default is document.body
• eventData: A plain JS object. Default is {}
• threshold: How many pixels to count until an event is fired. Default is 40

Supported Browsers

Currently all evergreen browsers are supported. IE 10+ support is planned in the near future.

Demo

There is a simple demo illustrating how the TouchSweep library works.

Check it out here

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LICENSE

MIT